Improvement in track-clearers for mowing-machines



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No. 121,300. Patented Nov-28,1871.

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JAMES TIMMS, OF MALTA, OHIO.

IMPROVEMENT IN TRACK-CLEARERS FOR MOWlNG-MACHINES.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 121,300, dated November28, 1871.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JAMES TIMMs, of Malta, in the county of Morgan andState of Ohio, have invented a new and Improved Track-Clearer; and I dohereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exactdescription thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawingmaking part of this specification, in which Figure 1 is a perspectiveview of the improved track-clearer attached to the finger-bar of aharvester. Fig. 2 is a sectional view of the trackclearer. Fig. 3 is anexternal view of a close clearer.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in the severalfigures.

This invention relates to an improvement in track-clearers forharvesting-machines; and has for its object a more perfect separation ofthe cut product from that which is left standing by the employment of aninclined rotating clearer, which is connected to the finger-bar near theouter divider so as to roll on the ground and accommodate itself to theundulations thereof, as will be hereinafter explained.

The following description of my invention will enable others skilled inthe art to understand it.

In the accompanying drawing, A represents the finger-bar of a harvester,and B the outer shoe or divider, both of which parts may be constructedin the usual well-known manner. To the rear edge of the finger-bar A adrag-rod, Gr, is connected by means of a joint at g, and rising from therear end of this rod is an inclined axis, a, on which is placed thetrack-clearerD. This track-clearer rests upon a collar, 1), and is helddown thereon by means of a washer and pin 0, or in any other suitablemanner, which will allow the clearer to turn freely. In Figs. 1 and 2 Ihave represented the clearer of a conical form, which form I prefer toadopt, although it may be cylindrical. It is also represented made ofrods, secured at their lower ends to a base piece and at their upperends to an apex piece. In Fig. 3 I have shown the cone made of wood witha fluted or corrugated surface. The point of attachment of theclearer-rod G to the fingerbar A is a little to the inside of the shoeB, and a curved divider-rod, O, which is secured to the shoe B andextended inward and backward, directs the cut product against thesurface of the clearer D, which latter, by its rotation, will lay theproduct evenly over upon the swath. The clearer has its axis inclinedfrom its base inward toward the draft-frame for the purpose of causingthe part of the clearer nearest the finger-bar to revolve directlyinward, and thus cause the cut product to lean and be carried in thatdirection. The curved divider O operates as a support for the cutproduct, as well as a guide for it, to keep it from falling until theclearer is brought in contact with it; and this divider 0 also allowsthe clearer to be arranged so far inward that it will not be arrested inits rotation by the standing product.

If desirable, the lower end of the axis at, around which the clearerturns, may be fitted into a socket formed on the rear end of the rod Gand held fast by a set-screw. This will allow the axis a to be adjustedand set at different angles of inclination, as may be required.

In Fig. 4., Plate 2, I have shown a closed clearer, D, and also a wheelfor supporting the outer end of the finger-bar A. This closed clearerhas a flanged base, the periphery of which rolls on the ground.

I am aware that conical track-clearers are not new, such being shown inthe patent granted to N. Stonecipher July 7 1868; but I am not awarethat such track-clearers have ever been applied to revolve by contact ofone portion of the base thereof with the ground while the apex or otherend of the track-clearer is in the position with respect to the basethereof shown in my drawing.

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. The track-clearer D applied to revolve by contact of a portion of itsbase with the ground upon an axis inclined from its base inward towardthe frame of the machine, substantially as herein described and shown.

2. The track-clearer D, applied as described and shown, in combinationwith the curved divider O, as set forth.

JAMES TIMMS.

Witnesses:

ARTHUR Pom), ALBERT CLARKE.

